1947 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-7, P%: 109.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Morris (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Dyer (46)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Bill Wilson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Dyer

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Ken #8 8 R03-R05, R08, R12, R15-R17 6
Bourke, Frank #23 6 R01-R05, R15 6
Burge, Fred #10 19 R02-R19, SF 8
Calverley, Des #19 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 0
Colls, Kevin #3 5 R01, R03-R05, R16 0
Cook, Fred #7 16 R01-R11, R16-R19, SF 0
Cook, Wally #13 4 R08-R11 0
Currie, Max #30 5 R16-R19, SF 3
Durham, Ron #1 15 R01, R03, R06-R15, R18-R19, SF 0
Dyer, Jack #17 20 R01-R19, SF 46
Evans, Max #6 1 R11 0
Evans, Ron #20 4 R01-R04 6
Fraser, Don #21 11 R01-R05, R15-R19, SF 32
Hill, Vic #30 3 R01, R03-R04 1
James, Bert #6 3 R06, R08, R12 0
Jones, Les #16 14 R01-R14 5
Knott, Dan #13 4 R05-R06, R09, R16 0
Maguire, Leo #31 13 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R13, R17, SF 0
Merrett, Leo #22 19 R01-R15, R17-R19, SF 1
Mooney, Arthur #15 13 R01-R03, R05-R09, R13-R14, R18-R19, SF 16
Morris, Bill #5 18 R01-R03, R06-R19, SF 2
Oppy, Max #14 16 R02, R05-R15, R17-R19, SF 10
Pannam, Alby #12 2 R01-R02 6
Perkins, Bill #9 17 R01-R02, R05-R10, R12-R19, SF 0
Phillips, Pat #34 11 R10-R19, SF 2
Potter, Ray #12 1 R04 1
Poulter, Ray #24 16 R03-R17, R19 9
Priestley, Charlie #11 14 R04-R05, R07-R17, R19 0
Roberts, Jack #11 1 R16 0
Roberts, Ken #33 13 R08-R19, SF 0
Ross, Noel #18 5 R11-R15 8
Rowe, Des #35 6 R14-R18, SF 4
Russell, Wally #4 15 R01, R03-R07, R12-R19, SF 2
Sherman, Peter #28 2 R03-R04 0
Stokes, Ray #27 15 R06-R19, SF 2
Taylor, Laurie #25 13 R05, R07-R15, R18-R19, SF 31
Turner, Jack #6 2 R01-R02 0
Watson, Jack #29 11 R02, R04-R11, R13, R16 7
Wiggins, Bob #26 7 R01-R04, R14, R17-R18 0
Wilson, Bill #32 18 R02, R04-R19, SF 37
Wright, Roy #2 8 R01-R02, R06-R07, R10, R18-R19, SF 3

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Dyer, Jack 20 12 -0- 8 R01-R19, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 31 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
26/04/1947 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 23 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
03/05/1947 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 73 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
10/05/1947 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 48 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
17/05/1947 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
24/05/1947 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 49 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
31/05/1947 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 1 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
07/06/1947 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 4 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
14/06/1947 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 69 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
21/06/1947 Round 10 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 31 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
28/06/1947 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 101 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
05/07/1947 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 49 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
12/07/1947 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 6 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
19/07/1947 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 7 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
26/07/1947 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 9 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
02/08/1947 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 41 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
16/08/1947 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 28 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
23/08/1947 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 74 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
30/08/1947 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 34 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
06/09/1947 Semi Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 28 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer